Cuomo stops short of apology over delay in data for nursing home coronavirus deaths Meryl Kornfield Replay Video UP NEXT Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo for the first time Monday acknowledged a lack of transparency in his administration’s initial reporting of coronavirus deaths in New York nursing homes, admitting that the “void” of information furthered disinformation and induced anxiety amid a deadly pandemic. Cuomo, who was a Democratic favorite early in the crisis, admitted his administration did not promptly answer questions from the public and media about the number of residents in New York’s nursing homes and long-term care facilities who died from covid-19 — now more than 13,000. He said that delayed response allowed for a void “filled with skepticism, cynicism, and conspiracy theories which furthered the confusion.” But Cuomo, not directly apologizing, defended his administration’s actions in the face of an unprecedented strain.